Missed in History: Haunted Mansion, Part 1

Circa 1954: Walt Disney stands by a plan of Disneyland and chats with an imagineer. (Photo by Earl Theisen/Getty Images)

Disneyland was always supposed to have a haunted house, but it took years and years (and many revisions) for the Haunted Mansion as it exists today. This episode – part one of two – is full of Disneyland back story, classic visual effects trickery, and reassurance that even the most convoluted, troublesome projects can eventually reach a successful conclusion.